Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gneiss And Clinopyroxenite Outcrops, Honsvall Lake, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1814
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1808

mindat Locality ID: 73006
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-73006.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gneiss And Clinopyroxenite Outcrops, Honsvall Lake, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amphibole	Apatite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Sapphirine	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*
Corundum ()*	Graphite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pargasite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sapphirine ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Clay Corundum Feldspar Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Sapphirine Spinel Titanite Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1814	1808	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1814	1808	2353
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1814	1808	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1814	1808	2060
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1814	1808	203
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1814	1808	1797
Graphite ()*	None	C	1814	1808	2812
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1814	1808	1507
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1814	1808	17380
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1814	1808	313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1814	1808	2273
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1814	1808	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1814	1808	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1814	1808	5614
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	1814	1808	129
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1814	1808	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1814	1808	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1814	1808	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1814	1808	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Kristen002522	1814	1808	1811±3				zircon			Yes	Zircon			47600	Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada	Athabasca Round-Basin Area	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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